Tobacco-pipe.



B. GILPIN.

TOBACCO PIPE.

APPLICATION men SEPT. 28. 1915.

Patented Nov. 30, 1915.

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BERNARD GILPIN, OF COULSDON, ENGLAND.

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Specification ofLetters Patent.

Patented Nov. 30 1on5.

Application filed September 28, 1915. Serial No. 53,114.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BERNARD GILPIN, a subject of His Majesty the King ofEngland, residing at Coulsdon, in the county of Surrey, Kingdom ofEngland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inTobacco-Pipes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in the construction of tobaccopipes of the kind in which it has been proposed to incline themouthpiece proper upwardly in relation to the stem so asto dispose thefree end of the bore of said mouthpiece above and away from the tongueand thus prevent saliva flowing into the pipe. In pipes having straightmouthpieces it has been proposed to form shoulders thereon at aconsiderable distance away fromthe free end of the mouthpiece toposition said end beyond the tip of the tongue, and to make saidmouthpiece of tapered shape in verticgl section from the shoulders tothe free en According to the present invention a pipe is formed orfitted with a mouthpiece which is formed with opposite upper and lowershoulders disposed at a distance of at least three-quarters of an inchfrom the free end of the mouthpiece or of the bore of same, is inclinedupwardly in relation to its stem from said shoulders and is of taperedand convex shape in vertical section from the shoulders to said freeend, as hereinafter described with reference to the accompanying drawingand claimed.

The drawing illustrates two enlarged vertical sectional views of theimproved mouthpiece. The stem a of the mouthpiece may be formed straightas in Figure 1 or curved as in Fig. 2 or both, and the end I) of saidstem, or the mouthpiece proper, which is adapted to be held within themouth behind the teeth, is disposed at an angle in relation to said stemand directed upwardly and that it-is tapered and convex on a verticalsection from the shoulders at to its free end, as shown, so that itcannot be gripped in the teeth between said shoulders and said end.

The'mouthpiece may be made of any suitable material and be fitted toanew or an existing pipe having a straight or curved stem. The stem a ofthe mouthpiece may be short or long as desired and according torequirements.

What I claim as new and desire to secure I by Letters Patent of theUnited States is "A mouth piece for tobacco pipes, comprising anintegral body portion and an end portion forming amouth piece of oliveshape which is bent upwardly at an angle from the body portion, themouth piece being thicker in cross section than the thickness in crosssection of the body portion, the outer end of the mouth piece at thepoint of juncture with the body portion forming a shoulder on the upperand lower sides of the stem, the body portion and the stem having anopening for the passage of the smoke, that portion of the openingextending through the mouth piece being upwardly inclinedand passingthrough the upper surface of the mouth piece in advance of the rear endof the latter.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed this specification.

BERNARD GILPIN.

